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ahnji Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:06 am    Post subject: What Style/Era is my House? It is a two storey house converted into two flats (one top, one ground floor), It is mid-terrace and has a five-pane round bay window in the living room. It also has stripped wood flooring, a picture rail throughout and two supposedly art deco fireplaces (one living room, one bedroom). In the bedroom there are original wood doors leading into the garden. And the kitchen is galley style. It seems to me like a mix of era's but I cannot be sure...the exterior doesnt seem art deco, so why have the fireplaces? And where do the picture rails fit in? Any help would be much appreciated[/img]    Filesize:  50.13 KB  Filename:  exterior.jpg  Viewed:  91 Time(s)
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adailide Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 115 Location: Michigan	Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:16 am    Post subject: no real style is coming to mind, but realize that not all architecture is based on a style. Styles, historically, have been based around a multitude of factors including location and what was going on in that era. To help narrow things down, do you know the age of the structure? How about its location? _________________ Adam A. Dailide ad@studio-render.com www.studio-render.com
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:38 am    Post subject: Good morning! Your home is very reminiscent of the English country homes designed by C.F.A. Voysey and Edwin Lutyens in the late 19th century. The rounded bays and deep overhang are common features in Voysey's work in particular. It even more closely resembles the homes of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scot who practiced a bit later than Voysey and Lutyens. His most celebrated works are in Scotland, and many were more urban homes than the ones by the Englishmen noted above. Your house appears to be more in that vein. Style? Hard to give it a name, but Voysey and Lutyens were of the English Arts and Crafts school, and Mackintosh was considered a Modernist. Your house shows influences of both, maybe a bit more of an early Modernist design. I hope this is helpful! Richard Taylor, AIA _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:30 am    Post subject: Richard - Mentioning Macintosh..... Bob Doran and Dick Overton would be proud Go Redhawks
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:56 pm    Post subject: Patrick - are those gents still at MU? I haven't been there in WAY too many years. I do have a project out that way, will have to pop in to Alumni Hall (it's still there, right?) _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:25 am    Post subject: rltarch wrote: Patrick - are those gents still at MU? I haven't been there in WAY too many years. I do have a project out that way, will have to pop in to Alumni Hall (it's still there, right?) No - Dick was let go during my tenure (M Arch 1983-86). He didn't get tenure. I have no idea where Dick went. The story was he went back to Nashville, where his family is from, and took up practice there. I think he is from a well-connected family. I had Dick for my first studio at MU and he was quiet but a great guy. Doran was run out of the school after his actions finally caught up with him. Doran hopped around from KZF, to his own practice (which he bankrupted) and is somewhere in Cincinnati. Alumni has looks very different these days. It was renovated with an addition by Thomas Beeby. The rear elevation facing the street looks great. Robert Stern is completing construction on the new Business School. They tore down Reid Hall to make room for it. The models and renderings look great.... but if I had $44 Million - I could make a kicking project also. I am on campus quite a bit. I was just on campus for final critics for a studio by Sergio. I have season football tickets and being a BGSU grad - I follow the Hockey team. You need to schedule a visit during football season.
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